…consultation, training and evaluation services to schools through the Western MA area. She has presented professional development courses on a variety of Assistive Technology topics and is a former Adjunct…
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Leslie Laud
Dr. Leslie Laud teaches graduate courses at Bank Street College of Education, and consults widely on using evidence-based practices within a writer’s workshop model. She holds an M.A. in special…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that does not require schools to offer financial education courses to students….
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
…used include: Developing digital portfolios of students’ work Providing opportunities for collaboration among students (using wikis) Extending learning beyond the classroom (using tablets) Increasing participation in post-secondary learning through online…
Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
…teachers and students explore a variety of technology tools that support blended learning. Students have been involved in coding, creating digital stories with a restorative justice lens, and writing book…
Back to school: Dual enrollment, early college programs a boon for area high schoolers
…courses or students with intellectual disabilities experiencing campus life with their peers, so-called dual enrollment programs are expanding across the state. And with them come the benefits of college coursework…
Northampton students build computers in new digital literacy program
NORTHAMPTON — On Friday morning, R.K. Finn Ryan Road School third-grade students were playing Minecraft on small computers. But they weren’t using an average laptop — they were computers the…
Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million
…special education students they actually have. “They’re using the wrong number of students, and this is especially harmful to districts like ours with a disproportionate percentage of special ed students,”…
Speakers shared their inspiration at the graduation ceremony for HEC Academy students today.
Northampton, MA — Five area students from HEC Academy in Northampton graduated from high school this morning, with ceremonies held at Smith College’s Sage Hall. Keynote speaker Anthony Clark, one…
CES report outlines difficult truth about literacy issues
…standards on a deep level; yellow tells the students’ incoming teacher most mastered the standards on a deep level; and red tells the students’ incoming teacher most did not master…